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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) : A group of inert chemical used in many industrial and everyday processes such as our refrigerators that are not broken down at lower atmospheric levels and rise to the upper levels, destroying ozone. They are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, ozone, CFCs, and hydrofluorocarbons.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

According to a survey of public water systems by the Ohio EPA, obtained by the Alliance for the Great Lakes, the systems in the algae-afflicted West Lake Erie Basin have spent an average of $14 million on facility upgrades to deal with the blooms. And political power with it. Just lack of political capital.

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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Clean Water Act at 50: environmental gains, challenges unmet – Associated Press. In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S. McArthur Graduate Student Policy Award.

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Conservation: History and Future

Environmental Science

It acts as a counterbalance to the culture of “indifference” that many feel exist towards resource use under modern economic systems since the Industrial Revolution. Economics is a vital link in any political system as there is a need to provide employment and funding for public services and investment and to ensure markets function.

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September 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

In an unpublished judgment, the court rejected the petitioners’ other NEPA arguments regarding project design and capacity and cumulative ozone impacts. Minnesota Court Affirmed Water Quality Certification for Line 3 Replacement Project. The allegations in support of their Endangered Species Act claims included that the U.S.

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Policy News: October 10, 2022

ESA

EPA, Ruling Could Impact the Definition of “Waters of the U.S.”. ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. Quick, deadly coral disease the target of new NOAA plan – Florida Politics. Executive Branch. States and Tribes.

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Policy News: April 11, 2022

ESA

Supreme Court reinstates Trump administration Clean Water Act regulation. Although there’s a broad consensus on the science of climate change, that’s not the case with politics. EPA – Public Meetings of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee Ozone Panel (April 29). Executive Branch. International.

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